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id="semicolon-is-not-allowed-directly-after-do-you-can-just-delete-it">Semicolon
is not allowed directly after <code>do</code>. You can just delete
it.</h2>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span> <span class="cf">do</span><span class="kw">;</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span> <span class="cf">done</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb1-3"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-4"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">do</span><span class="kw">;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-5"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-6"><a href="SC1059.html#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">done</span><span class="kw">;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span> <span class="cf">do</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span> <span class="cf">done</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-3"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-4"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">do</span></span>
<span id="cb2-5"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="fu">true</span><span class="kw">;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-6"><a href="SC1059.html#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">done</span><span class="kw">;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p>Semicolon <code>;</code> is not allowed directly after a
<code>do</code> keyword. Follow it directly with either a command or a
linefeed as shown in the example.</p>
<h3 id="exceptions">Exceptions:</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="related-resources">Related resources:</h3>
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<li>Help by adding links to BashFAQ, StackOverflow, man pages, POSIX,
etc!</li>
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